УМК: Elisabeth Sharman “Across Cultures”, Pearson Education Limited, 2005.
Ход урока
I. Организационный момент. Введение в тему урока.
Hello, dear students. I’m glad to see you. At our lesson today we will work on the topic “Education ” and we’ll mainly read and speak about the system of education in England. If to be more exact, about Ryde College which is a private school for gifted children who have a passion for learning extra education.
II. Фонетическаязарядка.
But first let’s have a phonetic drill. Look at the screen. You see some sayings on the topic “Education and Knowledge” here. Read them and then explain their meaning.
На экране написаны следующие изречения, которые обучающиеся читают и объясняют:
1. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. – Education is something you keep forever.
2. Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age. – What you learn when you are young will be invaluable when you grow old.
3. Knowledge is power. – Knowledge makes it possible for you to act.
4. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. – Knowing only a little about something can cause you to misunderstand something.
III. Речевая зарядка. Сопровождается показом презентации.
Now let’s have a small talk. I would like you to recollect what you know about the system of education in Great Britain. Answer my questions, please.
Учитель задает вопросы и сопровождает ответы показом слайдов:
Слайд 1, 2.
In what schools does primary education take place in Britain? – In infant schools and junior schools.
Слайд 3.
At what age do children go to infant schools and to junior schools? – At the age of 4,5 -7 to infant schools and at the age of 8-11 to junior schools.
Слайд 4.
How long does compulsory secondary education last? – 5 years.
Слайд 5.
What can children do after the 5-th form? – They can either leave school or go to the 6-th form.
Слайд 6.
What kind of students do comprehensive schools take? – They take pupils of all abilities.
Слайд 7.
When do pupils take their first public exams GCSE? – After the end of the 6-th form.
Слайд 8.
Where can school leavers study practical cources? – At a Further Educational College.
Слайд 9.
How long does the 6-th form last? – It lasts 2 years and prepares for A-level exams.
Слайд 10.
Yow are private schools in Britain called? – They are called preparatory schools (age up to13) and public schools (age 13-19).
Слайд 11.
What schools are called boarding schools. – They are schools where children live as well as study.
Слайд 12, 13, 14.
Are all schools in Britain co-educational? – No, they aren’t. There are boys’ and girls’ schools as well as mixed schools.
VI. Контрольдомашнегозадания.
Let’s check your homework now. You had to write down the new lexis from the word bank, to explain the meaning of the words and to make up sentences with them.
Несколько обучающихся читают слова, объясняют их значение и иллюстрируют их применение, зачитывая составленные дома предложения.
Ethos – fundamental principles
Gifted – extremely talented
Hothousing – to intensely educate young children (as a plant in a hothouse gets intense heat)
To lessen – to diminish
OAP – Old Age Pensioner
Toddler – a child aged approximately 18 months – 3 years
Well rounded – complete and varied
A-level – advanced level
Учитель оценивает ответы.
IV. Развитие навыков чтения с выборочным пониманием необходимой информации.
We will work on the text about Ryde College, a British school that encourages very young children to study.
1. Упражнение для подготовки к чтению текста.
Answer some questions:
At what age do children start school in Russia? – (at the age of 6–7)
When do they take major exams? – (after finishing the 9-th form at the age of 15–16 and after finishing the 11-th form at the age of 17–18)
Do you think these ages are appropriate? – (students give their answers)
2. Упражнения на развитие навыка чтения с выборочным извлечением информации.
1). Read the text and find the answers to the following questions:
At what age can British children start going to Ryde College?
Why is Ryde College different from most other British schools?
What are the names of two British school exams?
You have about 10 minutes.
Обучающиеся индивидуально быстро читают текст, находят необходимую информацию,
Hothouse Flowers.
Ryde College opened in1982 and has become famous for the precocious success of its students. Most of its pupils attend regular state primary or secondary school during the day, and then have classes at Ryde in the evening and on Saturdays. Pupils come here to get ahead of the rest. You can put a child into a ‘technology for toddlers’ class before it has reached its second birthday, or enter your seven-year-old for a GCSE.
100 per cent of Ryde GCSE students pass their exams, even though they cover the cources in nine months. Most secondary schools cover the same syllabus in two years. Last year college’s successes included a six-year-old who passed GCSE in Information Technology, and a 10-year-old who passed an A-level in computing. Dr Ryde, the college’s 71-year-old founder, believes that the ethos of the college is the right one: ‘When a child is young, their brains are like sponges, they absorb everything you give them’, he says. ‘By the time they are in their late teens, their ability to learn has lessened. They are the OAPs of the academic world’.
Dr Ryde calls his methods ‘accelerated learning’. Others call it hothousing. Call it what you like, but it is a growing trend in British education. These days the competition to get a child into a good school is so intense that parents are increasingly using private tutors to help their child survive the education system. Some well-off parents even employ private tutors for their three-year-olds.
Hothousing is also a phenomenon of the state system these days. Whereas children used to start formal education at five, some now start at four, and increasing numbers of state pupils are taking GCSEs before they reach secondary school.
In a Ryde world, all children would be able to take exams when they were ready, even to start degrees at 11. Some argue that such children are being deprived of their childhood and become less well-rounded adults as a result. Dr Ryde dismisses such criticism. ‘If you have a child that is gifted in ice-skating or singing, then no one comments if those children get extra training at a young age’, he says. ‘So why is it wrong to give children who have a passion for learning extra education when they are ready for it?’
By Lucy Elkins
(Текст взят из пособия ‘Across Cultures’ by Elizabeth Sharman.)
Now answer the questions, please.
Учащиеся отвечают на вопросы, зачитывая соответствующее место в тексте.
At what age can British children start going to Ryde College? – At the age up to 2.
Why is Ryde College different from most other British schools? – Ryde College students study earlier and more quickly.
What are the names of two British school exams? – GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and A-level (advanced level).
2). Now look through the text again and complete the table on the blackboard about the usual education system in England. Remember that the required information doesn’t appear in the text in the same order as it appears in the table.
Обучающиеся снова читают текст и заполняют таблицу, по очереди записывая информацию на доске.
The state system
Age
Begin primary school
4 or 5
Begin secondary school
11
Start studying for GCSE exams
14
Take GCSE exams
16 (students can leave school at this age)
Take A-level exams
18
School hours: Monday to Friday, approximately 9am – 3.30pm
Let’s check your answers. Look at the screen. Compare the two tables and don’t forget to say where in the text you found the relevant information.
Обучающиеся сравнивают таблицу на доске с таблицей на экране и указывают, где именно в тексте они нашли соответствующую информацию.
3. Упражнения на контроль понимания прочитанного.
Now let’s see how education at Ryde College is different from traditional British education.
1). Answer the questions, please:
1.What is the youngest age for a student at Ryde College to start a technology class? – 18 months.
2. What is the youngest age for a student at Ryde College to Pass a GCSE exam? – 6.
3. What is the youngest age for a student at Ryde College to Pass an A-level exam? – 10.
2). Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences:
1. Most Ryde students .
2. GCSE students at Ryde
3. According to Dr Ryde, young children
4. Some rich English people
5. Critics of Ryde
6. Dr Ryde
a. give their three – year – olds private tutors.
b. learn better than teenagers.
c. thinks that children who love studying should have extra education
d. only study for 9 months
e. go to state school too
f. think that the pupils don’t have a real childhood
Обучающиеся составляют предложения и зачитывают их:
1. Most Ryde students go to state school too.
2. GCSE students at Ryde only study for 9 months.
3. According to Dr Ryde, young children learn better than teenagers.
4. Some rich English people give their three – year – olds private tutors.
5. Critics of Ryde think that the pupils don’t have a real childhood.
6. Dr Ryde thinks that children who love studying should have extra education.
V. Объяснениедомашнегозадания.
At home you will have to complete the table from the blackboard for Russia and say how it differs or resembles the table for England.
VI. Подведениеитоговурока.
Our lesson is over. I’m quite pleased with your work. Your marks are… Thank you. Goodbye.
